Machine for producing justification-symbols in register-bands.



E. MAREK v. MARGHTHAL. MACHINE FOR PRODUCING JUSTIFICATION SYMBOLS IN REGISTER. BANDS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1912. 82,642 Patented Dec. 30, 1913. I

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1: MARBK v. MARGHTHAL. MACHINE FOR PRODUCING JUSTIFICATION SYMBOLS IN REGISTBR'BANDS.

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MACHINE FOR rnonncme .InsTmIoATmN smBoLs IN REGISTER-BANDS.

To all 'wliom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ennam) MAREK v.

MARCH'IHAL, a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and residing-at Vienna, Austria-Hungary,-have invented a certain new and useful Improved Machine for Producing Justification-Symbols in Register- Bands,'of which the following is a specification; v

My invention relates to a machine for punching perforated symbols in register bands, havlng error symbols, for operating writing, t e-setting and type-casting machines, an apparatus therefor.

lVhen register or perforated bands are made foroperating type/writing, type-setting and type-casting machines, the so-called -justification values requisite for justifying the lines are obtained only after the text has, been symbolically represented by perforationsin the .band; correspondingly, the

justification symbols are frequently punched at the ends of the perforated lines. This "operation necessitatesthat the perforated band for the second writing or other operation with' justi fied lines he introduced with its rear end first into the typewriting or other machine to be controlled by it, and that it be so employed therein that the bottom end of a column. must be cast or written first. As is well known, this is connected with various disadvantages, particularly relative to the further employment of the written matter. In endeavoring to ob- -\'iate these disadvantages devices have been proposed such that the lines which are to be cast can be made by perforated bands moving lll tl10 same dlrection as that in which the perforated band moves w'hen be ing made. In the one type of these devices two punching devices and'two perforated band feed-mechanisms are provided in the machine for making the perforated bands; in another type there are two reading devices and two perforated band feed-mechanisms inthe casting machine; in a thirdform provisional space symbols are punched .in the bands, and, after the end of the perforated lines representing the text have been finished, supplemented in a separate punching and band fed-mechani m to form final justification symbols; in a fourth known form, the supplementary .perforations are automatically made inza separate machine during the winding of the band. All these reading devices and two feed-mechanisms.

attain the end in view, 2'. e. to bring the liues,'with only one punching mechanism and ,two perforated band feed-mechanisms, by which the justification symbols are placed at the beginning of the perforated line. of

ing mechanism this arrangement has the arranged exactly in the middle of the line by punching at the beginning of theline ten.

punching through the doubled perforated that part of the band whiZ-li for the time being is stationary being automatically pm:

the perforated band feed-mechanism is behand which are driven past are rendered inoperative at this place. The error symbol requisite for my'improred process preferperforations are employed for forming the symbols.

The accompanying drawings show one form of apparatus for carrying into practice lrically driven machine for making thejregister-band comprising a rotating type-wheel type-wheel is utilized for adjusting the justification device, the printing and feed corwheel being automatically prevented.

-A primary object of my invention is I justification symbols to the beginning of the.

text. Besides there being only one punch additional advantagethat title lines can be ably consists of as manyholes as rows of-v ()ne 'main group of switches is provided for auxiliary switch -for bringing about all the tatory motion between two'stoppages of the In said dfawings:-Figure'l is a front Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 30, 1913, Application filed April 20, 1912. Serial No. 692,158. 7

known forms necessitate two punching or. perforated band,

corresponding perforated symbols which i are ascertained when the text is first writ- My invention is based on the idea oft" hand in order to save punching mechanism,

vided with an error symbol, preferably when ing changed, so that the perforations occur-y ring when punching the other parts of the my improved process by means of an elec-w for printing a control te'xt; the register band '10s responding to these positions of the'typesectional elevation [showing the punchmg I upward and reversing the positions of the device, Fig. 2, a side sectional elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a vertical section taken on the line A -B in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 shows a part of the feed mechanism'at the moment when the loose loop :is pushed forward by hand, andFig. 5 a portion of aperforat'ed' 1 hand having text and justification holes.

Referring ,to-the drawing, the punching.

device' of the machine for making the reglster band is arranged between two frameplates 2 mounted to rock about an axle 1:1'.

'lhis'device comprises an upper portion 8 .(Fig. 3) containing the matrices and a.

lower portion '7 "in which'are guided the punch pins 15 provided with 'c'atches or pnshers 17 (Fig. 3). In the slit or gap between the upper part 8 and the lower part 7 is a' thin metatstr'ip 9 which is perforated in the path of the punches and terminates at one side in the guide bar 22. The slit is thus divided into two parts; theregister band 100A; be punched is led into the lower part and a ter beingtaken around the guide bar 22 is led back through the upper part of the slit. The band. 100 is fed forward in the lower half of'the slit by two feed wheels 11 and 12 (Eigs. 2 and 3) which, together with a ratchet wheel 5, are fast on an axle 3, and in the upper half of the slit by the feed wheels l3, 14 which, together with a ratchet wheel 6, are fast on an axle 4. The

thickness of the guide 22 and its distance from the punches 15 are such that the paper loop I (Fig. '3), formed by the band being drawn taut, corresponds with that length of register band which is necessary for accommodating the justification symhols of one line of text. The two ratchet wheels 5 and Gare secured in their positions for the time being by'meaus of rollers 67, G8 Fig.4) resiliently mounted on the plates and are rotated by means of pawls 20, 21 --otaiahle about axles 23, 24; journaled in a iixrd standard 70 (Figs. 1 and 2). The arrangement is such that either the one or the other of the pawls can move its ratchet but never both simultaneously; in addition, when one of the pawls engages its ratchet the disengagement of the other is brought about in the following manner :.The awls 20. 21 are yieldingly held in their positions for the time being by the leaf springs532, 33 with the aid of nuts 37, 38 mounted/on the pull-rods 35, 36. The bottom ends of the pull-rods 35, 3G are pivoted to one armed levers (Figs-1 and'2) mounted on an axle 41; a torsion spring 46 about the axle it tends to hold the levers 40 in their lowrr positions and thepawls 20. 21 in the position represented in Fig. 1. The axle 41 I can be rotated through the medium of a pin 4:T and a lever 42- against the tension of the spring: i-b'by a key it; used i r starting 111stihcallon, the' two rods 35, 36.1, i d ive returning key 49.

prevent the ratchet wheels pawls=20, 21. After the key 48 has been released the pawls 20, 21 are secured in their reversed positions by means of a bell-crank lever 51,52 which is fulcrumed' on the pin 58, and which tends to move in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 2) through a spring, not

shown, and engages a projection 43 onv the lever 42 until it is released by the depression of a second or carriage-remarning key 49 by means of' the pin.5Q en aging. the

other end 51 of the bell crank. T eirotation of this axle 41 electrically connects the two contact-pieces 56, 57 not only together by means of the resilient contact arm mounted on and insulated from said axle,but also with a conductor 59. Further, a similar switch 54,, is arranged below the carriagehe' feed action of the pawls 20, 21 is due to their being fixedly journaled in the stationary frame, whereas the ratchet wheels 5, 6 mounted on the plates 2 move downward when these plates are rocked,'-andconsequentlythe pawl at that moment in its operating position engages behind the next tooth of the ratchet wheel, and on the backward movementof the frame-plates 2 and the upward move ment of the ratchet wheels 5, 6, one of the latter is rotated one tooth. In order to insure that the pawls 'properlfy rom hcin overthrown I arrange on'one of the p ates 2 (Fig. 1) stops 27, 28, 29, 30, which coact with the points of the 'pawls 20, 21 and with set-screws 25 threaded into the latter.

The frame comprising the plates 2 is rocked in one direction through the medium of a catch 61, pivotally carried by brackets 63, by a lever (30 which is-mounted to rock about an axle 87 (Fig. 2) and is actuated by the working shaft 85 of the. machine through the medium of a cam 89 and an antifriction roller 86, and the frame is rocked in the opposite direction by two helical;

springs (34, 65, one of which is attached to a frame-platc 2 and the other to the lever 60.

A bar '7 having slots 77 is slidable on the 70. a rack 78 and its right. end as agrip 76; as seen in Figs. 1 and 4, aspring tends to draw the bar into its left-hand position. hen the left end ot the frame-plates 2 is moved downward, the ratchetwheel 5 engages with .the rack 78 (Fig. 4). purpose a lever 82, fulcrumcd on a pin 81 on the standard 70, bears in its normal position against a. stop-pin Sfiiowing to the action of the leaf spring 84, and also against the 'right end (20 of the levee 30 (Fig. 2.) On

engage and to ins 7-1, 72, mounted on the standard The left end of this baris formed as i For this 5'is brought into engagement with the rack 78. By pullino the grip 7 6\the ratchet wheel v5 can now be rotated as far as the slots 77 be punched, and having feed holes 100 (Fig. 5) at both sides, is first introduced into the bottom part of the slit} in the punching device 7, 8, 15 (Fig. 3,) then placed snugly around the guide 22 and finally conducted back, through? the top part of the slit and around the upper feed wheels 13, 14. The writing and punching of the text is then begun, the awl 21 be-' ing engaged with andthe paw 20 disengaged from its ratchet wheel 5 and 6 respectively; therefore after each perforation only the ratchet wheel 5, i. e the teiit feedmechanism, is driven, .while the second ratchet wheel 6, 'i. c. the justification feedmcchanism, remains at rest. -While writing, therefore, the freeloop of paper II (Fig. 3) is formed. 1

The band is punched in the following manner: On'the keys of the machine being depressed, the stop-levers 18 pivoted below the punches are slightly rocked as soon as the working shaft 85 (Fig. 2) is released. The lever 60, the frame-plates 2 and the register band are moved downward, and. those punches 15 whose pushers. 17 abutagainst the rocked stop levers 18 pass through the paper band into the matrices in the'upper portion 8 and produce the, required perforated symbols. When the frame-plates 2 move upward, as mentioned above not only the feed wheels 11, 12 but also the text feed mechanism and the lower portion of the strip are fed forward. Re-

ferring to Fig. 5, as soon as the end of the syn'ibolically represented first line is reached by striking and punching the letter e of the last word welche, the justifieation symbol must be perforated. At

this moment the front end .of the band designated 3) is located at thepunching position in the upper part of the slit under thetop part 8 containing the matrices. The key 4-8 for starting justification is now dcpi'essed, whereby two error symbols, each consisting of six holes, are punched in the upper and lower portions of the hand, one

being at the first place marked Q and the other at the similarly marked placeimmediately behind the letter e; the two pawls 20, 21 are simultaneouslyreversed. owing to the' operation of the levers 40 and the .draw rods 35, 36, and the bell-crank lever 51, 52 locks the awls 20, 21 in this position. \Vhen the name-plates g roe lg r 1,082,842 v a back after the error symbol hasdbcen punched the text feed-mechanism 5, 21,

11, 12 remains stationary, while the justification feed -mechanism (3, 20, 13, 14 feeds the still unpunched part of the strip marked"' 1V into the position below the'top 'part 8 containing the matrices. A second key,

not shown, situated behind the key 48jand bol to be punched at the.-above-mentione'd 'usedfor starting justification is now de pressed and causes a carr1agereturnsym= place marked 1V in the band. A swit'ch,'-*I I not shown, which is out ofiuse during the whole punching operation,- prevents, h0w= ever, the return of the'carriage taking place precisely at this moment. ,The purpose of this symbol is to hold in its position the] shortage indicating device influenced by .the

end position of the carriage, and'neverthe less'to allow the carriage-return symbol to come into operation before the justification symbol in the register band when the work ing machine is subsequently automatically controlled by the register band. Another key marked Space. clutch "is then de'- pressed, and afterward for the spacevaliie' that keywhich-corresponds to the value ascertained and indicated by. a space-counting mechanism .when the line is symbolically written, and which is designated-by a special type, for example.. fb The spaceclutch symbol S and then. the,f spac e value symbol, in this case, b v are'hieby produced in the band. I The next key to be depressed is to be marked Shortage clutch, whereupon the shortage value is punched by striking that key which correspends tothe value indicated by a shortage counter, and likewise represented by a type, in the present instance the letter 11. These perforated symbols are to be seen on the band shown in Fig. 5 at theparts marked F and n The carriage can now be actually returned, this being brought about by depressin the key 49 marked Carriage return, t 1e result being that an error symbol is punched in the band at the place marked 0 beyond that marked n;

the feed mechanism is simultaneously unlocked owing to the'release of the bell-crank lever 51, 52, so that after the band has been punched, the pawls 20, 21 are reversed after the frame of the unching device, 5. e. the lower part 7 and the upper part 8, has moved upward. Accordingly, the part of the band marked with the error symbol- Q remains stationary in the top half off-the slit, while that part of'the band'mark'ed \V (after the word .welehe) moves into the punching position. The actual return of the carriage is brought about, in spite of an error symbol being punched when the key 4,9 is depressed, by apin 53,

insulated from the latter, closing the switch 54, 55, and thus connecting an'eleetromagnet, which controls the return of the carsymbol, this being effected as follows The punching frame comprising the two plates 2 is depressed by means of the lever 82 and the feed mechanism 5', 11, 12 is actuated by pulling, the'grip 76 of the bar 73 (Figs. 1 and 4), whereby the band is fed forward ten steps. The lever and the grip 76 are thenreleased. and the loose band is drawn taut. around the guide bar22iinto the position Iby pulling the end of the band leaving the justification device 6, '13, 14. In this manner an unperforate'd piece of band is brought into the slit and the.-band is ready for a new line.

\Vhen writing title lines which have to be subsequently inserted inthe middle of. the Golumn when the bandis used in a typesetting'or type-casting machine, the opera '(ionis as follows: The writing is begun like an ordinary line at the left. edge of the column and the length of the titlelin'e is read off on-a scale on-the paper carriage, whereupon the size and number of the spaces which correspond'to this length of title line and are necessary for its being placed centrally are ascertained from a table and are then punched, just like justification symbols, in the band in the loop provided for justifi -eation. In-this manner these central symbols come into action before the text symbols in the working machine which is to be controlled by the band. The object of the contact device 4?..56, 57, (Fig. 2) is: when punching justification symbolsavhich may not contain a sixth hole. tofprevent any printing or feed taking place during the en tire justification period, this being brought about by closing special circuits when the key 48 is depressed. V l

It may be noted that various-sizes. of spaces, a. g. half, normal and starting spaces must'be used. and due regard must be paid to'thcrn in the tables required forwriting the title lines so that it can be seen how manv spaces of. each kind must be -punched for a predetermined length of title line. In

the case 'of particularly short title lines in long columns numerous startlng'spaces are needed, which cannot under all,ci rcum-' stances be accommodated in the loop of and provided for the reccptipnof the just fication symbols. In such cases an indication Before commencing to write a new' mustbe gix en in the tables up to what length of title line the normal justification loop suiiiccs, or what lengths necessitate the text feed-mechanism being operated a second time by'displacing the grip 7 6 twice at the je'ginning of the line, in order-to obtain a longer justification loop. In such a case, before beginning such a particularly short title line its length must. be approximately estimated, in order to learn from the table whether, the loop has to be formed by one larger loop will be made.

I claim: 1. In apparatus for making register bands, the combination, with a punching device comprising a plurality of punches, of a the combination, with a punching device cd inprising a plurality of punches, of a,

3. In apparatus for making register bands,

coniprisinga plurality of punches,

r d ll twice inoJer y \tion with the puncies, am a guide bar in he: on mm the guide bar being of .Isuch a size that the part of the ban forming the loop when closely surrounding the guide bar is sufficiently large to accommodate the justification symbols.

4;. 'l aiiparatus for making register bands, the combination. with a punching device comprising a plurality of punches-of a looped band ed twice intom 'on with the )uncbes feed mechanism com prising-a gear waeel for feeding one part of the loop, and a longitudinally displaceable toothed rack adapted to be brought into engagement with and disengaged from the gcar-whcel.

5. In apparatus for making register bands,

ofa

and disconnected from th'egear wheel, and stops on the rack for limiting the movement thereof in both directions.

the combination, with a punching device comprising a plurality of punchesgf-of .a

' b nd (1 it, a r i laprismga 'ar wheel for feeding one part of the oop, and a spring-pulled, longitudinally displaccable topthed rack, having a grip,

tion with the punches,

2. In apparatus or making register bands,

or two displacements. In doubtful cases the logged band led twice into operative relathe. combination. with a punching device the combination. -with a punching device adapted-to bebrought into engagementwith I G. In apparatus for making register bands,

adapted to be brought into engagement with In testimony whereof, I have signed my and disconnected from the gear wheel, and name to this specification in the presence of 10 stops on the rack for limitin thereof in both directions, the distance between said stops being such that the rack can be moved a distance to cause the band to be fed an amount sufiicientto accommodate the justification symbols.

the movement tW-o witnesses.

EDUARD MARE'K v. MARCHTHAL.

W-itnesses ADA MARIA BERGER, AUGUST Fuerncn. 

